Dallas > Los Angeles AA1669

2024/07/29 | Travel

ready to go  random lonesome stairs Dallas Cow Boys Home Stadium and Hurricane Harbor Waterpark Arlington Dallas Texas Fort Worth Fort Worth Air Force Base Breckenbridge Hubbard Lake Texas Skies Albany Lake Fort Phantom Hill Jones County landscape, fractured by fracking ? clouds rolling in clouds over Texas cumulus maximus Abilene Parting in the cloud revealing Texas farm land always can imagine some animals shapes in clouds much needed rain I’m sure circle irrigation farming Hope the clouds clear and there’s no cloud coverage all the way to LA crossing into New Mexico Apache Springs and Tecolotito The 84 Serafina on the 25 Top corner of Santa Fe Española and the Rio Grande running through Española Santa Clara Pueblo Abiquiu Reservoir Mesa Montosa Lindrith so many dry river beds with no name on google maps, near Turtle mountainarid Navajo Nation off-reservation trust land in San Juan county New Mexico oh woauw, look at that  zoom in, Ship Rock, part of the Navajo volcanic field woauw, lower part of the photo looking like the Blue Mountains back in Australia, and what a nice little grassland oasis amongst the trees and we crossed over from New Mexico into Arizona now looking back at the state border and this amazing escarpment Many Farms on the 191 and another dry river bed arid Coyote Spring, such amazing colour ( keeping in mind, this is shot through a plastic sheet covering a glass window and gawd knows how many particles in the air and the final subject matter ) Apache County, great places for hikes if you’re into that sort of thing,great landscape photos, but pack some extra water another escarpment and new plateau wait a sec woauw, yes, that’s Monument Valley in the distance can clearly make out Agathla Peak and the solar farm, did not expect to be flying over ( or near ) Monument Valley on this trip, so cool, was there on a roadtrip about 4-5 months ago, check out the photos from that trip here  Navajo Trail Coconino County Hamblin Ridge and the 89 near Willow Springs Arizona Colours Still Coconino County Another dry river bed at the bottom of a canyon near Little Colorado River Colorado River amazing The view you would have if you were at Grand Canyon village right now ( flying right over the top of it )
North Rim of the Kaibab PlateauGrand Canyon National Park and the mighty Colorado River Grand Canyon National Park part of the Canyon that forms Havasu Creeksteep, erosion, just looks amazingrugged and the Colorado river again, near Travertine Falls The Anteras 149 running along a big sand patch with no name and lake Mead above it Lake Mohave, fed by the Colorado River and also the border of Nevada / Arizona spot the pleasure boats Spirit Mountain and the road you see is called Christmas Tree Pass Road Cal-Nev-Ari town on the 95, about to cross into California, we are at the bottom of Nevada, its like a triangle wedged between California and Arizona, hence the name of this town Cal-Nev-AriCrossed over into California now Hart.
Hart was a short-lived gold mining town located in the Mojave desert, in San Bernardino County, California. It existed between 1908 and 1915, and was located on the northeastern edge of Lanfair Valley near the New York Mountains
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Mojave Natural Preserve and another dry river bed Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System looks incredible from up here Kelso Sand Dunes Kelso Sand Dunes, only 3 and half hour drive from Los Angeles Broadwell Dry Lake Above the 40 San Bernardino County Lavic Lake Volcanic Field Just North of Joshua Tree near Galway Lake Lucerne Valley I took this road last January after my visit to Monument Valley back to Los Angeles, the Mitsubishi Cement Factory looking across Apple Valley with El Mirage in the middle and Edwards Air Force Base beyond it Butler Peak and Rim of The World Scenic Byway Lake Arrowhead Hesperia Silverwood Lake and Lake Gregory The 215 and 15 ( been there ) Angeles National Forest and descending, getting ready to land Cucamonga Wilderness behind suburban Los Angeles love that misty look, Puddingstone Lake pretty looks like a mine, but it is raised, so makes me wonder if it used to be a tip , right next to it you can see the Big League Dreams Baseball park Fire reported at Bosque Del Rio Hondo Rail Line crossing the 5 at Commerce LA Skyline and the Los Angeles RiverHollywood Hills, LA Skyline, Vernon and Maywood and if you look closely, a Qantas plane coming into land zoom in Alameda Street Avalon Boulevard and Fremont High Football field The 110 Crenshaw Christian Center Big Sport Stadium at Inglewood now which architect comes to mind, hint, Valencia Spain landed
Now that was a post and a half, if you hung around all the way, welcome to LA, what a flight that was, loved it
the flight track leaving Dallas approach to LA Satellite from the day

Quick stop over in Dallas ( my first time ) and then off to Los Angeles, and was looking forward to this leg as it would fly over some scenic countryside

Sonny Vandevelde